Article 6.9 of the FIDE "Laws of Chess" ( http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook?id=124&view=article ) states:
>>Except where one of the Articles: 5.1.a, 5.1.b, 5.2.a, 5.2.b, 5.2.c applies, if a player does not complete the prescribed number of moves in the allotted time, the game is lost by the player. However, the game is drawn, if the position is such that the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any possible series of legal moves.<<
A lengthy discussion ( lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/timeout-rules ) showed that the last sentence of this article can't be implemented correctly.
So the suggestion is to completely ignore this last sentence - that is, running out of time always means losing the game, no matter what the situation on the board is.
This is simple and straightforward, as opposed to the current implementation which results in some games being marked as draw, although there's actually a loss (see lichess.org/rhavdx4l ).
Thanks!
>>Except where one of the Articles: 5.1.a, 5.1.b, 5.2.a, 5.2.b, 5.2.c applies, if a player does not complete the prescribed number of moves in the allotted time, the game is lost by the player. However, the game is drawn, if the position is such that the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any possible series of legal moves.<<
A lengthy discussion ( lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/timeout-rules ) showed that the last sentence of this article can't be implemented correctly.
So the suggestion is to completely ignore this last sentence - that is, running out of time always means losing the game, no matter what the situation on the board is.
This is simple and straightforward, as opposed to the current implementation which results in some games being marked as draw, although there's actually a loss (see lichess.org/rhavdx4l ).
Thanks!